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Victoria Cobb
stated on August 22, 2015 in a speech.:

"Inspections of abortion centers around Virginia have found multiple violations of parental consent laws … but Gov. Terry McAuliffe and his administration have done nothing."

Mostly False

By Warren Fiske • September 14, 2015

Greg Abbott
stated on August 25, 2015 in a tweet:

"After Texas defunded Planned Parenthood, both the unintended pregnancy and abortion rates dropped."

Mostly False

By W. Gardner Selby • September 13, 2015

Joe Pojman
stated on July 28, 2015 in addressing a rally outside the Texas Capitol:

"The State of Texas is funding … women’s health services at historically high levels; they just increased their level another $50 million for the next two years."

True

By W. Gardner Selby • September 4, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on August 25, 2015 in remarks at a town hall in Colorado:

Planned Parenthood is "not actually doing women’s health issues."

Pants on Fire!

By Lauren Carroll • August 26, 2015

Alliance Defending Freedom
stated on August 3, 2015 in a Twitter post:

"Zero Planned Parenthood facilities are licensed to do mammograms. Planned Parenthood, women don’t need you!"

Half-True

By April Hunt • August 21, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on August 4, 2015 in an interview with Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Convention:

"A minor cannot get a tattoo without parental consent but can get an abortion without parental consent."

Half-True

By Amy Sherman • August 13, 2015

Carly Fiorina
stated on August 6, 2015 in the first Republican presidential debate:

Says Donald Trump has "changed his mind" on abortion.

True

By Jon Greenberg • August 11, 2015

Dick Black
stated on August 4, 2015 in a tweet:

Says Jill McCabe "supports late term abortions. Larger baby parts are more profitable."

Pants on Fire!

By Sean Gorman • August 10, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on August 6, 2015 in comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland:

"As governor of Florida I defunded Planned Parenthood."

True

By Joshua Gillin • August 7, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on August 6, 2015 in comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland:

On allowing abortion in cases of rape or incest, "I have never said that or advocated that."

Mostly False

By Amy Sherman • August 7, 2015

John Cornyn
stated on August 3, 2015 in a tweet:

"In FY 2014 Planned Parenthood performed 327,653 abortions while receiving $528 million from taxpayers, in violation" of "the Hyde amendment."

Mostly False

By W. Gardner Selby • August 7, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on August 3, 2015 in a video:

Says Scott Walker's defunding of Planned Parenthood "left women across the state stranded with nowhere else to turn" for cancer screenings, breast exams and birth control.

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • August 7, 2015

Sandra Smith
stated on July 28, 2015 in an interview with Mike Huckabee:

"Almost 95 percent of all (Planned Parenthood) pregnancy services were abortions."

False

By Anna Bruzgulis • August 4, 2015

Martin O'Malley
stated on July 26, 2015 in a New Hampshire interview:

"97 percent of the work that Planned Parenthood does is about mammograms and preventative health."

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll • August 3, 2015

Harry Reid
stated on July 29, 2015 in a Senate floor speech:

Planned Parenthood is "the only health care that a significant number of women get. About 30 percent of women, that's their health care."

Pants on Fire!

By Louis Jacobson • July 31, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on July 15, 2015 in an interview:

If women seeking an abortion see their ultrasound, "the odds are pretty high they're going to keep the baby."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • July 22, 2015

Tammy Baldwin
stated on June 3, 2015 in an interview:

Says Scott Walker's views on abortion are more restrictive "than any Republican president in recent times."

True

By Tom Kertscher • July 16, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on June 28, 2015 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union":

Public support for abortion "is actually going down a little bit," polls show.

False

By Lauren Carroll • June 28, 2015

Ultraviolet
stated on June 15, 2015 in a Facebook post:

Says Jeb Bush "appointed a guardian for the fetus of a rape survivor."

Mostly False

By Joshua Gillin • June 25, 2015

NARAL Pro-Choice America
stated on June 18, 2015 in a TV ad:

Says Scott Walker "said that forcing women facing abortion to get invasive ultrasounds was 'just a cool thing.'"

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • June 24, 2015

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